Our Work

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What does caring for the parks really mean?

Caring doesn’t happen everywhere; some jobs are a means to an end, or summer flings. They must have meaningfulness to create a sense of care in the worker.

A group of volunteers replacing post and cable fencing at Baker Beach.
Spring has sprung for the Trail Stewardship team!

The Trail Stewardship crew members have been busy bees this past month as the rain was slowly letting up—welcome to spring in the Golden Gate National Parks!

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The Bay Area’s smallest and cutest park volunteer

The San Francisco Bay Area is a biodiversity hotspot for flora and fauna—there are around 144 species of butterflies that call the region home! But factors such as urbanization, invasive plants, and climate change have made the lives of our four-winged friends in the Bay Area quite difficult.

Example of nature journal page layout.
Nature Journal Club: How to Build a Journal Page
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Join the Nature Journal Club for a 1.5 hour workshop on an important fundamental skill in building your field sketching skills! May's workshop is taught by guest instructor and nature enthusiast Kristin Meuser and will focus on how to build your ideal journal page. 

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Chris Lehnertz
Q&A: Getting to know Chris Lehnertz, our new President & CEO

Just talk to the new President & CEO of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy for a few minutes. Whether she’s talking about the history embedded in a place like Fort Point or how to inspire park journeys for more people, her passion for parklands shines through.

Nature Journal Club
John Muir Laws: Megafauna!!! How to Draw Large African Animals
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Join the Nature Journal Club for a 1.5 hour workshop to help you learn some tips and tricks for drawing charismatic mega fauna! This session will delve into the inner-musculature and skeletal aspects of large African animals.

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Volunteer In Parks (VIP) Internships

Build your workplace skills. Test out a career. Receive a stipend. Get personalized training and mentorship from a park professional.

San Francisco Park Stewardship Intern Jonathan Howell
Meet new San Francisco Park Stewardship intern Jonathan Howell!

For the last few months you’ve been hearing from either Yakuta, Gabriel, or Jainita, but this month our team got bigger! Please welcome Jonathan Howell: A motorcycle-riding, mountain-climbing parks lover you’ll want to meet.

A great horned owl.
Presidio’s resident raptor is owl the rage

By Jainita Patel
San Francisco Park Stewardship Intern

It’s March and you know what that means—bird season! Soon, Lands End will be covered in passing migratory birds of all colors, shapes, and sizes.

Getting to work at Love Your Parks Day at Lands End in February 2019.
Love your parks: A day of loving work to make Lands End better

By Elizabeth Aldenderfer
Park Stewardship Trails Program Intern

Recently, park stewardship teams joined forces to host a day all about appreciation and care for Love Your Parks Day in the Golden Gate National Parks!…

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